Ear dewaxer



July 30, 1963 e. PALAZZOLO EAR DEWAXER Origirial Filed May 27, 1959INVENTOR GzroZamaPaZazzoZo 3,099,263 EAR DEWAXER Girolama Palazzolo, 323Graham St. SW., Grand Rapids, Mich. Continuation of application Ser. No.816,322, May 27, 1959. This application Mar. 22, 1961, Ser. No. 97,988 1Claim. (Cl. 128--184) This invention relates to an ear dewaxer and is acontinuation of United States patent application Serial No. 816,322,filed May 27, 1959, and now abandoned.

It is the principal object of the present invention to provide a simpledewaxing device suitable for removing wax from ones ear.

It is another object of the invention to provide a simple method ofremoving wax from the car.

It is still another object of the invention to provide a device forremoving wax from the ear in which an accumulation of warm smoke can bemade in an easy manner and confined into a space when accumulated andallowed to be released, with the release thereof causing the suction forremoving the accumulated wax in the ear and clearing of the ear passage.

It is a further object of the invention to provide an ear dewaxingdevice which is made of linen and beeswax and upon being burned willcreate a harmless, yet extremely efiective smoke that can be used forthe purpose of removing wax from ears.

Other objects of the invention are to provide an ear dewaxing device andmethod for operating the same, which is of simple construction,inexpensive to manufacture, easy to use, harmless in carrying out themethods, of pleasing appearance, durable, easy to package, eflicient andeffective in use.

For a better understanding of the invention, reference may be had to thefollowing detailed description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawing, in which FIG. 1 is an elevational view illustrating the devicein use with the smoke being created and with the end of the same beingapplied to the car so that the smoke may heat the ear wax and be adaptedto be pinched for creating a suction within the ear for removing thewax,

FIG. 2 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the end of the tube whichis lighted,

FIG. 3 is a firagmentary enlarged longitudinal sectional view taken online 33 of FIG. 1 and illustrating the manner in which the tube issqueezed to confine the smoke and as to how it is released to create thesuction from the smoke to remove the wax.

Referring now to the drawings, 10 represents the ear dewaxing device inthe form of a cylindrical tube approximately twelve i-nches in lengthand made from a spiral of linen tape 11 and when dipped in beeswax orcoated with the same serving to provide a rigid hollow tube andpreferably of a tapered form, with the large end being approximately oneeighth of an inch of exterial diameter and the inner end being adaptedto be thrust into the car 12 against an ear wax formation 13 within thecar, being about one sixteenth of an inch in diameter. The use of linenand beeswax produces an extremely effective smoke, to be more fullyexplained hereinafter.

About three inches from the small end of the tube 10 United StatesPatent 3,999,263 Patented July 30, 1963 ice is a marking 14 serving asan indication to where the tube can be depressed with the fingers in themanner as illustrated in FIG. 3, to cause an accumulation of smoke inthe small end and that upon being released will cause a suction such asto remove the melted wax 13. This same smoke also serves to melt the wax13 within the ear, so that it will be conditioned for removal by thesuction action of releasing the smoke for creating the suction.

To use the dewaxer the large end is lighted so as to produce smokewithin the tube, the tube being put into a vertical position so as toinsure the passage of the smoke into the interior of the tube. The tubeis thus placed in the ear and the smoke engages the wax therein. Thematerials used cause the wax in the ear to melt upon being contacted bythe smoke, facilitating its removal by natural drainage \or with a softcotton swab.

A large collection of the smoke may be made to collect in the tube andwith the small end of the tube immediately being thrust into the ear andthe tube squeezed as at 14, some of it will enter the ear to melt thewax whereupon with the release of the tube and the point 14 where thefingers are applied, a suction will be created by the allowing of thesmoke to pass outwardly from section 15 at the small end of the tube andupon the smoke so passing outwardly toward the large end of the tube,the melted wax 13 will be caused to enter the tube 10 and tending tofollow the smoke.

It will be apparent that there has been provided a method of removingwax from the ears incorporating smoke that is heated and thereafter withthe same smoke causing the smoke to effect a suction action upon theaccumulated and melted wax.

It will be apparent that the materials from which the tube is made areespecially effective, yet harmless, to the interior of the ear upon thesame being appliable, nonmetal and coated with beeswax so that no injurycan be caused to the inside of the car.

It will also be apparent that the material used for the making of thedewaxer is material that can be readily burned and smoke can beproduced. An entirely sanitary device has thus been provided.

While various changes may be made in the detailed construction, it shallbe understood that such changes shall be within the spirit and scope ofthe present invention as defined by the appended claim.

I claim:

An ear ldewaxing device, comprising: a tubular member formed ofcombustible linen; said tubular member being elongated, one end thereofhaving a diameter such that it may be inserted into a human ear adjacentthe earwax therein; said tubular member impregnated with beeswax wherebysaid device may be ignited at a point remote from the ear and theresulting smoke within said tubular member engaging the earwax and,thereby aiding in the melting and removal of the wax from the ear.

Kudla Mar. 13, 1923 Caramanioa Oct. 21, 1924

